noun

la invitation

invitation

Message envoyé à quelqu’un pour lui demander de venir à un événement, comme une fête ou une réunion.

Definition & meaning

Invitation is a feminine noun meaning:

An invitation: a request asking someone to attend an event or visit a place.
Example: an invitation to a wedding or dinner.
An appeal or encouragement: something that prompts or encourages someone to do something.
Example: an invitation to reflect or take action.
In formal contexts, a request to appear or participate, sometimes close in meaning to a summons, though usually less forceful.

Grammar & Word origin

Gender: feminine — une invitation
Plural: invitations
It is formed from the verb inviter (“to invite”) and the suffix -ation , which forms nouns describing an action or its result.
It ultimately comes from Latin invitare, “to invite” or “to encourage.”

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms vary by meaning:

invitation is the standard word for asking someone to attend or join.
convocation is more formal and often refers to an official request to appear.
sollicitation emphasizes a request or appeal, often for help, support, or a response.
incitation emphasizes encouragement or prompting to act, rather than an invitation to an event.

There is no direct antonym in every sense. For an event, refus (“refusal”) can describe the opposite response to an invitation. For the sense of encouraging action, dissuasion (“dissuasion”) is an approximate opposite.